November 2005 Cashew needed a place to stay just for one night; he was scheduled to be adopted the next day. In the short time we spent together, Cashew taught me an important lesson about myself. He’s a wonderful little dog: housebroken, affectionate without being needy, gentle, obedient and quite funny. You couldn’t ask for a better all-round companion. The one tiny problem is that … well, that he’s tiny. When I took him for […]
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Pup 1: Morticia
September 2005 The first dog we fostered was Felicia, who’d been saved from the pound that morning. “Felicia” is a perfectly fine name if you happen to be a petite, buxom woman with frosty pink lipstick, but not if you’re a dog. To be honest, I wasn’t fostering her out of altruism. It was, to be politically incorrect, a rent-to-own situation: i.e., foster to adopt. The first thing I had to do was to dissuade […]
Read moreFoster Dogs: An Introduction
In recent months I’ve fostered the occasional dog for Milo Foundation, a pet rescue organization up the street from me. I hope my efforts help the organization and the dogs. I know it helps me: I like having a dog around … and I like being able to give it back when I’m done. This part of the blog is dedicated to Otis, the best dog in the world. Here’s a picture of him about […]
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